The Nifty50 and Sensex opened on a weak note, weighed down by elevated Brent crude prices and persistent uncertainty over a truce in West Asia.
At 9:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 75064.61 down by -512.97 points or by -0.68 % and then NSE Nifty was at 23522.05 down by -113.05 points or by -0.48 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 75220.88 and intraday low of 74968.99 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 23522.05 and intraday low of 23522.05
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4012.05,+1.31%), NTPC Ltd. (Rs. 334.65,+0.95%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 268.00,+0.79%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1894.20,+0.70%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 418.25,+0.24%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1238.20,-3.64%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1046.50,-3.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1511.30,-3.29%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2199.35,-2.68%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 1961.50,-1.06%), among others.
Power index was at 7580.15 up by 84.17 points or by 1.12%. Torrent Power Ltd. (Rs. 1305.80,+2.98%), JSW Energy Ltd. (Rs. 537.90,+2.49%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Rs. 46.26,+1.80%), Thermax Ltd. (Rs. 3686.70,+1.57%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (Rs. 429.00,+1.55%),.
IT index was at 27904.98 down by -818.36 points or by -2.85%. Coforge Ltd. (Rs. 1828.00,-6.21%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1238.20,-3.64%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1046.50,-3.37%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1511.30,-3.29%), Sasken Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1845.45,-2.88%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3442 , shares advanced were 1554 while 1697 shares declined and 191 were unchanged.